I didn’t enjoy strawberries until I discovered the Chef’n strawberry huller. It’s even technically not a unitasker as it can also be used on tomatoes, at least that’s my story and I am sticking with it. Strawberries are almost the only fruit my daughter will eat so it gets plenty of use, probably more than my bread…

In San Francisco at least many homeless persons, specially women and children, refuse city-run shelter beds (when available) because they fear being assaulted by other residents there. Sadly, it’s not an irrational fear. Treating the homeless as one undifferentiated faceless interchangeable population to be…

France has this interesting unit called the “SAMU Social”. SAMU is their term for emergency medical assistance, this is a similar team that will come in ambulance-like vans to take a homeless or vulnerable person to shelter when alerted by a member of the public (voluntarily, of course, but they are trained in a way a…

“Mir” is actually a honorific in the Persian and Indian world.

This is just silly. We say Sir and Ma’am to everyone to highlight we Americans are a democratic and egalitarian culture where everyone deserves respect, not like the English with their cringeworthy forelock-tugging to the aristocracy (I.e. parasites descended from thugs).

I make soup in a Vitamin (usually asparagus or vegetable soups) and my secret ingredient is nuts, specially pistachios.

Why would you turn nice crispy and tasty hash browns into soggy soup with all the carbs and none of the flavor?

The Ex would simply have removed admin rights from the second admin account just as he did from hers. At this point all she can really do is wipe her computer, reinstall from scratch and restore from backup, but I’m not even sure she can do that with all the restrictions that come with T2 and Apple Silicon Macs.

You forgot the ravens in the Tower of London, whose wings are clipped because there is a superstition that if they escape, the monarchy and kingdom will fall:

It’s far from purely ceremonial with wide-ranging reserve powers. Then there is the matter of the Queen’s Consent. Did you know it was official policy of theirs not to hire any black people for anything higher than cleaning toilets, and they are still exempted from racial discrimination laws, environmental laws and…

The breed of hen matters. Here in the UK I get Burford Brown eggs from Clarence Court. Deep orange yolks and a far cry from the thin runny excuses for eggs factory farming produces.

I use an electric gizmo called the Sharp Tank. It will slice off the top 2-3mm of the envelope (1/16") and is much faster than a traditional letter opener.

You forgot the big one: a swimming pool. Most people are terrified of the liability if a neighborhood kid wanders into your backyard and drowns in your pool, and a pool actively reduces your property value.

You can’t make a “Team France” because French identity is as individualistic as it gets. But you can have a cartoon superhero in SuperDupont:

Indeed, we are the ones judging stores that don’t give their employees Thanksgiving off. When I moved to the US in 2000 compliance was universal, but now the Almighty Dollar is the only deity allowed thanks, it seems.

Do these really work? I’ve only done it once, where the seller was the former boss of a classmate’s wife. Didn’t work (not even ask for a counter-offer).

Terrible recommendation. Vendors sell information to data brokers like Acxiom and they in turn use common identifiers like email to correlate and cross-enrich their marketing dossiers on you.

Tin (Sn) is 3x more expensive than copper, which is itself 4x more expensive than aluminum. You’re not going to see it used in ordinary use.

What about:

A mousse made with melted chocolate folded into egg whites beaten stiff is far superior. Did you know “vieille ganache” is French slang for “old fart”?